Truck



March 4, 1930. c MEDAlRY 1,749,107

TRUCK Filed June 14, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l 4, 1930. c. M. MEIISAIRY TRUCK Filed June 14. 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I" I I GEM-44:11;

\ March 4, 1930. M, MEDA|R 1,749,107

TRUCK Filed June 14, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 .Patente clMarii 1, 1930 i r 'I I I PATENT OFFICE 3 Torr R LEsM. MEDAIRY, or onEV-ELA OHIO I s Q g Application filed Ju ejm, 193s; Seria1 No.285,325.

I Thisinvention-is ameans :for handling so many as to interfere with the ready inbaggage,nrailsaoks express packages,and sertion of the carrier rails. it will be unthelikeyand ithe primary object is to iacilderstood that the larger bundles will be itate the *t-rans'fer oi' the packages from a placed on therails, each bundle spanning at truck-to a car orfroln a car to a truck; Anleast we rails,'.iand the smaller packagesa-re I other. object ofthe invention is to providea piled on the larger. ones. The outside rails carrierwhich"maybe-easily disassembled and '5 are permanently secured to thetruck platstored in a knock-down form and just as form so that they will not turn and impart eas'i1yxassenrb'led for use.'; Another object to the load a tendency upset as the car- ,10 isfto provide a construction whereby a load rier is being raised and "loweredfibut the inmayb'e builton atruck,acarrierengagedum 'ner rails are removable and may be susde r"theload, and the carrier then raised and I pendedinany convenient man-nerbeneathsthe shifted "to lift the gload {from the truck and platform to permit use of the truck for deliver itwithin a railroad car,-or a'carrier other purposes; 15' be loaded i'rr-afc'ar'and, upon arrival at The-carrier consists of a basket or loada "station, "caused to transfer the load to a supporting structure and means or raising, waiting, truck, the carrierbeing removed loweringand bodily shifting the same. The fro-nr underthe load without disturbing the basket comprises upper bars 7 rigidly seload. ',iOtherobjectswiil appearincidentally cured together, preferably in rectangular re- 20 in' the courseofthe following descriptionyand lat-ion, and suspension rods 8 connecting them th iliV Iffli I l 9 1? H 'ilQv 21- with a head 9 which is preferably made in tllI'Q Which-willibe particularly pointed Out "sect-ions 'bolted together so that it may be oin-the.BPpendedclaiin. easily assembled with other parts. Rigidly f 'f drawings, igure '1 is an end View secured to the ends ofthe frame bars 7 and :25; of receive acarrie'r divergingEdownyvardly therefrom are zhang Figure 2"1santend yl'ew'ofthe earner/y ers 10 having thelrlowerends formed into y 1;.F1gure31s a s1de Vi w f the'carrlerf; or'equrpped with hooks 11 to receive studs Figure :4 is ifil t i tTaIlSVBYSe 69 Q or lugs 12011 the ends'of-the carrier'end bars h load-supporting PO'ItiQ QOf h "@2 13 which are-Lshaped in cross-section so that I30 d h Caffieli, i' t ng their Teliltlfin theyiorni'seatsand'stops "for the ends of the '81 when a load is to loe transferred fromnne 0 carrier rails 14. The carrier rails 1-4 are of the/other; f I h p the same form .asthe truck Tails 6 but are f Figure "5 is an enlarged detall sectlon of f l 'h ight' th t'th b il i h g f h l Screw; sorted endwise-underv a load onthetruolgand 7:35 Figuree is an enlarged Section of the l" '-theyrest' at'the'ir ends free in the seats proeling hanger for the jack screw. 7 f Fig. 7 is aview showing the truck 1n position'beside aocar. I

' The truck comprises a platform 1 mounted MOonbolstersQ secured uponaxles 3 having 1 wheels l'fitt'ed thereon. $0 thle sde egges of! rec rals an n on V F til: ai d tiie gl at iidi mare secured par'aiilel 1 ihavmg PPQ Q Q9 Q l Q longitudinal rails 6 spaced apart transversely undelisllde i i 1S fotfnedasleeye -45 of theotruck and of uniform height so that l 1Qn M m 8 111 39 rmg .95 Y a load will be supported by the rails inspaced ,1h entersan annular .recessor chamber 20 relation to the platform. The rails may be 19 h difi l i fi bearing 34l S2l'be1ng provided in any desired number and should .dlsp sedlntm 13GB Img below the top wall The close enough together to support the packor flange ofthecollar. Tllfiiwrrrer 1s thus 1 ages'and'bundles piled'on the truck but "not firm'l y*supportedzby thescrew-and nut while y-ided by (the fend bars '13 so that they may befeasily removed or replaced when desired.

Thehead .orcollarl) has a=-central opening .therethrough to accommodate the hoisting screw 15whichis formed witha coarselthread and upon "which is mounted an adjusting nut onthe screw 15, thereby raising the carrier,

the nut turns in the collar or head with through an opening provided therefor inthe lower end of a traveler yoke 2 f andsecured I by clamping lock nuts 25. The upper endof' the yoke is equipped on itsinner sideswith I rollers 26 which run on the lower flanges of an Lbar track 27,the upper flanges of said 'I-bar'being engaged between and over the lower flanges of a 'beam consistingoftwo channel bars 28 having their channels facing and having their upper flanges rigidly se cured to a main supporting bar 29. Reenforciug Webs 30 may connect the ends of the channel bars 28 with the projecting ends of the min bar 29, said projecting ends being engaged insockets 31 secured upon thewallsof the carjust above the door openingsso that the beam, when in place,willeXtend between the sides of the car. 1 I I lVhile the load may be piled on and supported directly by the rails on the truck, it may be more convenient to place a temporary platform or shelf, indicated at 131, over the rails and a similar platform will be provided in the car. It is also to be understoodthat the ends of the beam 29 are easily lifted from the sockets 31 so that the carrier may be dismantled and set aside when a longperiod of non-use is entered upon, and racks may be provided on the walls of the car to receive the dismantledparts of the carrier.

A loadtobeshifted may be arranged on the truck and may be covered witha tarpauf lin to protect'packages from falling from the truck wh'en being drawn'from thedepot to the car and for protection from the weather pending the arrival of the train for. which the shipment is intended, the loaded truck being moved to a position beside the track. hen the train arrives, the track 27is slid out sufficiently to permit the carrier to be centered over the truck, whereupon the nut 16 is ro- I tated about the screw 15 to ride downwardly i thereon and lower the carrier to the truck. The carrier rails are inserted endwise under the load and between the rails on the truck, I

and seated in the end bars-of the carrier. The

I; claim as new anddesire load from the truck. It may also be found desirable to provide a large: number of sets rives, all that need be done is to engage the i hooks of the hangers under the lugs of the carrier end bars and raise the carrier and of rails 'so that a number of trucks may be.

loaded and placed in position to have their loads transferred to the car in succession; A

load to be shifted'may be arranged on the c. rrier platform in the car and may be covtection from the weather. Upon arrival,'the carrler 1S moved out through the-car door empty truck. The-carrier strips may be man- 7 "so way and centered over andlowered to an ually drawn from under the loadafterthe same has reached the truck rails, .or the forward end bar maybe withdrawn and the truck then driven forward sothat the car,

rier rails will be simultaneously vwithdrawnv anotherload may be prepared-in the carfor such delivery. i

Having fully described inyinvention what ly from the cornersofsaidframe andprovided at their lower endswith'hooks engaging the studs on the angle bars, a-headabove the frame constructed tocooperatively engage a f hoisting element, and suspension rods'con- V i 9 to secure by Leto necting the..head with the corners ofthe frame, the frame consistingofbars.rigidly secured together in rectangular relation. I

In test mony whereof, I have signed this specification. i

nut 16 isthen rotated so as to ride upwardly and as the rails ofthe carrier engage the To save'timeyit isfdesirable to provide'several sets of carrier rails, and temporary platforms where the-pla'tformsare used, so that all the rails'may be placed'in position when loading the truck in anticipation of the ar i rival of the train. Them-when the train ar- 1 1 CHARLESYMQ MEDAIRY; 7

er'ed'with a tarpaulin to protect packages from falling from the truck when being drawnfrom the car to the depot and for pro 

